Early Life
Mildmay was the fourth and the youngest son of Thomas Mildmay of Chelmsford, by his wife, Agnes Read. As the Commissioner for receiving the surrender of the monasteries, his father Thomas had made a large fortune and in 1540 granted the manor of Moulsham, near Chelmsford, and here built a fine mansion.
Mildmay was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, but apparently failed to take his degree. He later became a student of law at Gray's Inn (1546), and there obtained some employment under his father in the Court of Augmentation.
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